🌱 NYC Airports Keep Mask Mandate, MacArthur Doesn't + Repaving

Morning, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get you all caught up to start this Thursday, April 21 off on an informed note. Here's everything worth knowing today in town.

First, today's weather:

Cool with periods of sun. High: 56 Low: 50.

Here are the top three stories in Miller Place-Rocky Point today:

1. After lifting of national travel mask mandate, the MTA will require masks, but MacArthur, Amtrak and Suffolk buses will not. New York City airports will continue to require masks. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. State officials have announced a $157 million investment for pavement renewal projects to ease travel on Long Island that will repave 480 lane miles of state highways. Parts of the Long Island Expressway, the Southern State Parkway, and the Meadowbrook State Parkway, will be resurfaced. (Daily Voice)
3. Some summertime Long Island destinations are adding new attractions this year for families: an upgraded ride at Splish Splash, and Coconut Bay will be a new habitat at the Long Island Aquarium. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Secrets of Stony Brook Village Walking Tours at Stony Brook Village, Stony Brook Village Stony Brook, "Hear some newly uncovered stories while strolling through the village," 11:50 a.m. and 3:50 p.m., $10 per person.

From my notebook:

• Suffolk police detectives are asking for help to identify a man they say swiped about a $1,000 worth of tools from Home Depot in Patchogue last month. He walked off with the tools from the Gateway Boulevard store on March 13 at about 6:30 p.m., and then drove away in a white sport-utility vehicle. (Patch)
• North Shore Youth Council's Rocky Point Parents Night Out will be April 28. (Facebook)
• Stony Brook University's campus radio station was partly off the air Wednesday as the school looked for temporary and permanent replacements for the 4,000-watt station’s 30-year-old transmitter. (Subscription: Newsday)

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— Jackie